Intentional or not, any hints Jerome Powell may drop about his outlook on the economy have the potential to move markets. While the chairman of the Federal Reserve has insisted time and again that the only factors he is focussed on is a mandate of inflation at 2% and maximum employment, he’ll also be keeping Wall Street in his periphery.

But before too long, the attention of analysts and investors may move elsewhere: President Trump is ready to announce his nomination.

“I know who I am going to pick,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One on his way back to Washington on Sunday night, “We’ll be announcing it.”

With Chairman Powell (himself a Trump nominee) coming to the end of his term next spring, speculation has been rife throughout 2025 as to who will replace him. The White House has

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